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    XP vs. Vista sound drivers. Vista louder?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hanime, Nov 17, 2008.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    I recently formatted my OS from Windows Vista x64 to Windows XP x64 with drivers found in this forum. I noticed my volume is alot louder in Windows Vista than in Windows XP. Tested this with both main and wave volume to 100% and listen through an external speaker. I have to crank up the volume nob alot more to match what is little in Vista. Why is that?
     
    hanime, Nov 17, 2008
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Don’t know really. Can be due to many things : maybe XP drivers had an internal volume controller in it’s driver properties or something, maybe the application you are using to listen to music has gone through some changes, Or a driver issue.
     
    PhoenixFx, Nov 17, 2008
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    boricha Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have both Vista x64 and XP x64
    XP is better for gaming :))) but cant use the fingerprint i have it installed but the Protector Suite is only 4 vista, and the sound in XP is lower. For vista i found a patch that unlocks something and the speakers are now lowder.

    hanime

    10x for the rplay in other thread :)))
    Does anyone knows what is AUX temp detected in everest 5
     
    boricha, Mar 21, 2009
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    boricha Notebook Enthusiast

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    Both are clean install with no bloatware from dell :) only power management and fingerprint for the vista.
    Counter strike runs 40-50fps faster in XP x64 = 150-200fps and Vista = 80-120fps
     
    boricha, Mar 21, 2009
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  5. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    post the patch?
     
    paper_wastage, Mar 21, 2009
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